Discover all about the darkest form of identity theft, and how to protect your company from the threat of ghosting fraudsters.

Have you ever been ghosted or a victim of ‘ghosting fraud’? 

While ‘ghosting’ is widely known as the sudden and random disappearance of a potential suitor, the term ‘ghosting fraud’ refers to something far darker. Ghosting fraud describes the theft and fraudulent use of a deceased person’s personal information.

One of the most notorious cases of ghosting fraud happened in 2016 in Florida, US. Two fraudsters managed to hack into a computer system, and access the records of the deceased to collect names, addresses, birth dates, and social security numbers, which they used to commit tax fraud. 

By filing multiple fake tax returns, the two scammers received fraudulent refund checks worth millions. This was all at the expense of the IRS, which had no idea that these identities were fraudulent, or even that these people were deceased.  

While it’s unknown how many identities the fraudsters stole, they were ordered to pay back over $1.26 million, and sentenced to 11 and 12 years respectively. 

Although it’s shocking, this isn’t the only story of its kind. In fact, as the cost of living rises, ghosting fraud is becoming increasingly common.

What is ghosting fraud?

Ghosting fraud is the term used to describe a form of identity theft, where perpetrators impersonate a deceased person for financial gain.  

Fraudsters will use a deceased individual’s name, address, and other confidential information to open up new lines of credit, take out loans, or, as the example above, request tax refunds. 

Ghosting fraud is made possible thanks to vulnerabilities and failures in internal controls, record keeping and monitoring systems, as well as lags in system updates. In the UK, for example, relatives have up to twelve months to register a death. 

What’s worse though, is that in some regions, credit unions and lenders won’t know of a customer’s death unless they receive a dedicated phone call from a relative. Of course, this is not often a priority for grieving family members. Lenders have been known to keep lines of credit open – and charge interest – for years without an official death notification. 

However, it’s not necessarily the individuals of the deceased that should be most concerned, but businesses. Unlike romance scams, ghosting fraud doesn’t hinge on social engineering, but rather knowledge of the customer.

More on that later. 

What are the different types of ghosting fraud? 

Within the realm of ghosting fraud, there are three common scams to be aware of:

Credit fraud.

Credit fraud in this context can work in two separate ways. The first involves someone close to the deceased, who has physical access to their credit accounts. Here, the perpetrator simply starts using the credit cards of the deceased without notifying the provider of their death. 

Secondly, credit fraud can happen when external scammers get hold of the details of the deceased. By accessing information such as their name, date of birth and social security number, the fraudster has all the information they need to apply for new accounts.  

In the US, approximately 800,000 cases of ghosting fraud happen every year for the purposes of opening new lines of credit. 

Companies that should be most concerned about credit fraud are credit providers, such as credit card companies or lenders. Without specific identity checks in place or a tool to flag suspicious signals, these financial institutions stand to lose the most from ghosting fraudsters. 

Tax fraud.

Ghosting fraud can also affect tax authorities on a global scale. Here, criminals get hold of deceased individuals’ details, and file false tax statements in order to generate refund checks.

Tax fraud with ‘ghost details’ primarily affects the tax authority in the country it is happening. This year, the IRS identified approximately 12,617 cases of identity theft tax fraud in the US, leading to refunds of over $6.3 billion. And unfortunately, it’s highly likely that this is only the tip of the iceberg, with a high proportion of cases still undiscovered.  

Workplace data breach.

It might not be your first thought when someone says ghosting fraud, but workplace data breaches are also high risk when an employee dies. 

One famous data breach at Twitter in 2020, for example, led to over $800,000 in losses and a drop in the share price. It happened because fraudsters convinced employees that they were part of the security team, and needed to verify the identity of the workers by getting their passwords when the company moved to remote work. The fraudsters then began tweeting links to cryptocurrency scams from high-profile and celebrity accounts, generating hundreds of thousands in profit. 

In the same vein, scammers can use the log-in details of deceased employees if their accounts have not been shut down by their employers.

Alongside the threat of huge financial consequences, falling victim to ghosting fraud might also result in reputational damage, and make it hard for businesses to attract new customers.

Large corporations can’t rely on death notifications from family members or on third party log-in software. Instead, continuous monitoring is key in preventing fraudulent access.  

What are the key fraud challenges for companies?

While the vast majority of ghosting fraudsters are seasoned scammers, others might be family members looking to exploit their relative’s death. This makes the fraud even harder to fight against.

A major challenge for some businesses is that sophisticated fraudsters can easily bypass outdated identification methods, such as only requiring details like date of birth and social security numbers. 

This should be a key concern for organizations, and they should prioritize updating their identity verification services to reflect the threat of ghosting fraud, among other types of scams, such as money laundering. 

How to detect and prevent ghosting fraud.

While death registers may be still stuck in the stone ages, that does not mean your organization needs to be. 

Entrust the detection and prevention of ghosting fraud to a dedicated fraud prevention and identity verification platform like IDnow.

Our six-pronged approach to data checks involves:

• A derogatory financial score
• Property data
• Vulnerability data
• Application data
• Geo-affordability 
• And all-important mortality data: to ensure that the applicant is not deceased, and is therefore who they say they are

Alongside mortality data, IDnow conducts Know Your Customer checks for a comprehensive overview of who your customers are. 

Ongoing monitoring, through Strong Customer Authentication, allows our clients to comply with regulatory requirements. Our identity verification services combine biometric information (such as face ID or a fingerprint) and possessions (such as a code sent to their mobile phone) alongside knowledge, for better validity in customer identity checks. 

By

Ellie Burns
Team Lead of Product Marketing at IDnow
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If there’s a poker play we haven’t learned, then up-skilling to a better strategy can feel great. Improving our luck, however, is impossible. Luck doesn’t care about how hard you’ve been working on your game, whether you’re having a good day or a bad one, or whether you’ve lost your last ten coin flips.

Luck is an unfeeling acquaintance we cannot escape and must be treated as such. Dealing with a ‘bad beat’ can be difficult, but with our helpful hints below, you’ll be in the best possible place to get over that slice of bad luck and play your A-Game in the next hand:

• Keep Some Perspective
• Understand the Odds
• Put Bad Beats to Work
• Find Your Focus
• Post-Match Analysis
• Perform a Ritual
• Focus on the Next Hand
• Know When to Fold ‘Em
• Stay Calm and Walk Away
• Check Your Account(ability)

1. Keep Some Perspective

While all the following tips and hints apply and can help, it’s important to remember your place in the world. If you’ve lost a hand of cards, you’re already lucky. The chances are pretty high that you’re reading this on a $400 smartphone, laptop, or tablet. Given that 50% of the world’s population lives on less than $7 a day, you’re already in an immensely privileged position. Understanding that in the game of life, you’ve basically been dealt a premium pair can go some way to reducing the magnitude of your feelings about any given bad beat.

Before you play poker, think of the worst situation that could happen. Let’s say it’s a $5 entry tournament, and at the final table, you’re all-in with pocket aces for a chip-leading pot with 6 people left. If you win, it’s very likely that you’ll go on to win $1,000. If you lose, you’re going out for just under $100. That’s a $900 swing, or to put it another way, 180 buy-ins.

I’ve been in this position. I was playing someone with pocket tens, and they hit a ten on the river. Then another player showed their hand with a ten in it. They hit a one-outer to effectively cost me the best part of a thousand dollars in equity. So, what was my takeaway here? Did I stay calm? Not at the time. Do I still recall how it felt? Absolutely, it stung like a wasp on a hot summer’s day.

But taking a look around me helped. I was sitting at a laptop I owned, in a house I could afford to rent, with food and comforts all around me. Getting some perspective isn’t easy when you’re in the moment, but it can help you immediately focus on the game as just that – a game. You’ll still have whatever you had before you set aside the buy-in. Losing at cards will happen, losing at life is, for some, inescapable. Gratitude is the pathway to bad beats hurting less.

2. Understand the Odds

What is a bad beat in poker terms? For such a popular expression, the actual boundaries of qualification for the phrase to be justified are blurry, to say the least. If you qualify a bad beat as a committed pot where you are the favorite with all your chips in the middle, and then the other player overtakes your hand to win, then you’re going to experience bad beats a lot of times, possibly over and over in the same tournament or cash game session.

If you get your chips into the middle with aces against kings pre-flop, then getting beaten is an outrageous piece of bad luck, right? Well, not really. You’re a 4:1 favorite before the five community cards, which means one time out of five, you’re meant to lose. That’s not the case in every hand, of course, but to truly appreciate the odds, you’ve got to look at the long-term picture.

If you can understand the odds for situations you’ll frequently find yourself in, then the individual bad beats won’t feel so impactful. They should start to become more of a consistent pattern and part of a larger truth, that poker is essentially one long game. Over time, luck will even out.

That’s the certainty of probability added to time, or rather the sample size of your situation getting bigger over time. If you can find peace in bad beats through understanding the chances of it happening again over time, things can really improve. Before you thought of it in those terms, what were the chances of that happening?

3. Put Bad Beats to Work

One of the biggest gifts we can give you about bad beats is almost not looking at them as bad beats. If you’ve just been one-outed, we can appreciate that sounds pretty crazy. But it’s not. If you never get a bad beat, you never check the odds, look at the perspective you have on the game of poker, or appreciate a bad beat.

That’s right, we said A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-E. Here’s the twist: if you don’t get it in good, then you can’t be bad beaten. If you’re the outside chance, then you’re the one doing the dirty. That should feel better, right? Wrong. It only feels better when you win a bad beat, and since you got it in bad, you’re going to lose most of the time. You got a bad beat? That means you got it in good, meaning you’ll be winning most of the time.

That feels better already, doesn’t it? Phil Hellmuth once said, “If there weren’t luck involved, I would win every time.” While The Poker Brat might have been stretching the truth a little, he has a point. The bad beats hurt the 17-time WSOP bracelet winner because he tries to put himself in positions where he’s the favorite. Without fortune, poker would be like chess, a game based entirely on skill.

While this would still be interesting, it would hardly make it one of the most popular and entertaining games on Earth. As Rick Bennt once said, “In the long run there’s no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know.”

4. Find Your Focus

This is one piece of advice that you may well have heard before, but definitely need to hear again. Regaining your focus after a bad beat can be a difficult, sometimes dizzying experience. So many emotions flood your senses when you face a bad beat that processing them can be very tough.

Someone else is raking in your chips, for a start. They’re overjoyed at having won a big stack of chips through luck alone. Their feeling is euphoria. Despondency is a natural opposite that you must welcome into your system, process, then overcome as quickly as possible. In order to do so, you may well struggle to find a mental foothold, but the image of trying to place your feet on solid ground after falling is an apt one.

A bad beat can feel exactly like that. You’ve climbed the mountain, gone your opponent all-in and at risk with the worst hand, then they make a set with their underpair, and you ask yourself why you worked so hard to put yourself on that pedestal.

Picture yourself up a literal mountain. You’re about to reach the peak when someone comes up behind you and trips you up. Hey, maybe it’s even the wind or uneven ground. But it’s not like you tumbled all the way to the ground. You’re still up the mountain, you’re still climbing.

Even if you busted a tournament or lost a cash game session’s buy-in, you haven’t lost everything. Pick yourself up, stand your ground, learn what you can do better, and accept that you fell, but now you’re back on your feet and going to keep moving forward.

5. Post-Match Analysis

All the other ways you can get over bad beats deal primarily with the physical or mental senses that are knocked off balance after you are dealt a dose of bad luck. Rebalancing focus, leveling your emotions, appreciating your privilege. Each of those deals with improving your overall mood. That’s very important. It will aid you in the long term in dealing with bad beats. But there’s something else you need to hear, and you’re not going to like it.

You might have made a mistake. Even in a hand where you were bad beaten, there are ways you could have changed the course of the hand. Let’s use an example here and adjust where the chips go into the middle. Let’s imagine that you have 25 big blinds and are holding pocket jacks. The chip leader – your enemy in the hand – has pocket tens. In the first scenario, you shove pre-flop, they call and hit a ten on the river to knock you out of the tournament.

Bad beat, huh? Awful luck, and you need to go into all those recovery scenarios you’ve already read about. Now imagine that instead of shoving pre-flop, you plan a ‘stop and go.’ You know that the chip leader likes to flat call with middle-ranking pairs a lot of the time and almost never plays ace-high. When the flop lands A-4-2, having three-bet rather than shoved pre-flop, getting a call, you then shove the flop.

Pocket tens now don’t look so good for the chip leader, and he folds, never getting to the river, never hitting the ten, and losing a substantial pot to you instead. You just rewrote a bad beat. The good news is that in almost any scenario at the poker table, there’s a different way to play it.

Maybe you don’t know the chip leader’s ranges as well as we just described. Maybe it’s aces against kings. Not every bad beat can be avoided. But some can. Admitting that to yourself and considering different ways to play out the scenario you just endured is elite-level thinking. So why not do it?

6. Perform a Ritual

“If you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further.” Do you know who said that? It wasn’t a poker player, but a character in a movie. Still need another clue? It’s perhaps the most popular movie of all time. Well done at the back with your hand up; it’s the line that Andy Dufresne writes to his friend Red when he is guiding him from prison parole to the mystical Zihuatanejo on Mexico’s Pacific coast.

We say the same thing to you now. If you’re prepared to take our advice, then we’d encourage you in the direction of a ‘recovery ritual.’ Many athletes practice this. Think of the tennis player who bounces the ball seventeen times before he serves. Or the footballer who taps his helmet three times before waiting for the snap. Elite athletes have rituals, so why not poker players? It turns out they do.

Often these will center around breathing, cognitive tricks, and positive affirmations. Mindfulness, yoga, and other breathing exercises can assist you in doing this too. Whatever your ritual, it’s worth remembering that this needs to be something you can call on wherever you are. If you’re at home playing online poker, then performing ten star-jumps and reciting the words to Viva La Vida might work for you.

At the live felt in a casino, this same ritual could lead to you being escorted from the premises, especially if they’re not a Coldplay fan. Maybe it’s to breathe deeply three times, consult a few words of encouragement on your cell phone, and clench and unclench your toes. That’s what Bruce Willis does in Die Hard when the plane is coming in to land. If it’s good enough for Bruce, it’s good enough for us.

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7. Focus on the Next Hand

If you want to overcome a bad beat quickly in poker, then playing the next hand well as quickly as possible can sometimes be the answer. Investing the chips might be painful, but that immediate switch of focus on new cards and possibly new opponents is a naturally cleansing thing for a poker player. Right back on the horse, you could win the next hand, of course, but you might also distract yourself successfully enough to process the bad beat’s emotional hit without realizing it.

8. Know When to Fold ‘Em

Kenny Rogers once sat on the set of a mocked-up train carriage surrounded by antiques and with a straight face, told us that we needed to know when to fold them. This is simplistic advice in the music video for The Gambler, but while the slightly Wild West-tinged guidance should come with a heavy dose of salt, there is some truth in it. If there’s the potential for a bad beat and you’re not sure how to play a hand other than to put yourself in the firing line of it, it might be worth folding the cards and walking away. Just don’t hit the whiskey bottle like the old man in the Kenny Rogers song.

9. Stay Calm and Walk Away

If you’ve tried everything else in our guide to overcoming bad beats and still need a solution, there is only one that remains, and that is to walk away. Pick up your remaining chips if you have any, keep your dignity, act polite and friendly, and leave the table. The renowned poker writer Tommy Angelo once said, ‘Quitting is the easy part. The hard part is standing up.’ You have to leave the felt and commit to pressing the quit button to do so. Sometimes it really is the only sane choice.

10. Check Your Account(ability)

Do you have a special poker-playing friend in your life who you can unload a bad beat on and get great advice delivered in a sympathetic manner? If not, then you should try to find one, but we’ll spin this on its head and suggest that you should be the friend you’re after. Then whoever you help is more likely to be there for you when you’ve just bubbled a poker tournament, lost a cash-game buy-in, or lost with aces against pocket deuces again to the same guy who did it one orbit ago!!!! It always helps to share a problem, and it can be so much easier to dissect it with someone next to you.

Conclusion

Dealing with bad beats in poker is a challenge that every player faces at some point in their journey. However, by keeping perspective, understanding the odds, putting bad beats to work, finding your focus, and following a recovery ritual, you can not only weather these storms but also use them to your advantage.

Post-match analysis and seeking accountability from fellow players can further enhance your skills and resilience. And, remember, it’s crucial to stay calm and know when to walk away when the going gets tough. These strategies not only improve your poker game but can also have a positive impact on your overall outlook on life.

So, the next time you face a bad beat, take a deep breath, regroup, and get back in the game – because the journey is often more rewarding than the destination.

Pocket52 Poker Sports League Season 5 – Bigger and Better Than Ever!

Posted by Laksh Pal Singh on 2023-08-23 at 9:41 PM

That was what the Poker Sports League management promised us this year, and that is exactly what was delivered. This edition of PSL was grand in many ways, and I’d first like to thank everyone who made this event possible.

Nitesh Salvi – founder and CEO of Pocket52, title sponsors of PSL, Pranav Bagai, Siddharth Mishra, and Prajit Gambhir, the three musketeers who started this wonderful concept of PSL and have worked endlessly over the last five years to grow this mind sport!

Prajit, you legend. God only knows how many roles you have at PSL! From being COO to the auctioneer to commentary to ensuring that the show goes on every single time, big shoutout to you, brother, and to Vidur also for making sure every pre-show and every stream was super smooth. Sid and his production team, wow, man, I don’t even know what to say. You guys are so good at what you do! This year the production team of PSL has really outdone themselves. From every reel to every Instagram story to every update, I have to say the content was fabulous.

Obviously couldn’t have done it without your ever-so-talented team! Dashank, Madhur, and Pandey Ji, big shoutout to the three of you for doing such a great job and just being awesome people in general. I’m really fond of the entire PSL team and of course the man himself, the mastermind Pranav Bagai for making this happen on Jio Cinema- working day in and day out to achieve his vision for poker in India.

I want to thank all the owners for supporting this league every single year and spreading their love and passion for poker. This league would not be possible without you!

The Experience

Pocket52 PSL Season 5 was something else only. Everyone together on land in the same resort under the same roof, with no hassle of going onto the ship, everyone bonding and interacting.

Personally, for me, the highlight was interacting with the qualifiers from all teams, it’s really nice to talk with someone when you know they look up to you and whatever you’re saying has an impact on them.

It was really heartwarming to meet the Massani brothers, these boys were the heroes of PSL, and that’s another story to tell. Taking a domestic flight for the first time, these two brothers have come from Bhopal and won all our hearts. What gems of human beings, so much confidence, so much energy, I just loved it, to be honest. I had a great time with all my friends and all the other captains who I’m so close to off the felts!

The competition was heavy, and everyone was so passionate and into it. So yeah, GG to my boys – Dirty (Dhaval Mudgal) and Shardul (Parthasarathi) for also taking podium finishes, I had already told Shardul I was going see him heads up and win this time.

Big shoutout to Gaurav Sood, one of the best poker players in India, for playing the finale like an absolute boss man and ensuring I’m shitting myself on the rails while he’s reducing the chip deficit. Love you, Mozzie unlucky one, and you’ll be back stronger we all know it.

Shoutout to Romit (Advani) and Vaibhav (Sharma) for being fantastic team leaders- you win some, you lose some, and I am sure we will see you guys in the top 3 next season!

Now coming to my team, oh man, I don’t think I’ve ever felt such a sense of comradery and team spirit in my life. PSL adrenaline just hits differently. I’ve played a lot of tournaments in my life and hit a lot of one-outers for big money, but I’ve never jumped the way PSL made me jump and shout and scream, and it’s a different kind of excitement altogether.

Bringing a team format and making an individual sport a team game is honestly a genius concept! I would like to thank my team owners, Mr Puneet Mehra, Mehul Shah, and Rishi, for trusting me to lead this team again despite a not-so-great performance the previous year. Special shoutout to their families as well, Toral ma’am Divyansh and Prerna, for cheering on the Mumbai team and making sure our rail was the loudest and full of energy. Really happy that Mehul and Rishi also came down and really felt it with the team and were involved and there from start to finish.

Speaking about my team, I want to say I’m so proud of you guys – every point earned by each of you was crucial to us winning and reaching the finale. I remember the day we reached Goa and had our first team meeting, I was really impressed with Puneet sir because he gave a really inspirational team talk on Day 1 itself, which had a big impact on our team. I have to say one thing about my team, though, everyone was really into it, The togetherness and team spirit was really evident, and I think from Day 1, we manifested the win when we took that picture near the trophy.

Humaara wildcard kaisa ho, Alok Birewar jaisa ho! I think the best decision I made this PSL, other than my obvious retentions of Akshay Nasa and Honey Bijlani, was to sign Alok as my wildcard. I knew Alok wouldn’t do it for the money; he wanted to play PSL, he loves strategizing, he was railing every table every tournament, his team spirit was unparalleled, and the best in the league, so kudos bro I’m proud of you, and you did a great job.

Akshay Nasa, my player, said I am born ready when I asked him if he was going to play the finale. Our strategy was simple, get 250 BB in the finale, send Nasa, and ship it!! Shoutout to Ankit, our 2nd pro, for a great performance joining Nasa in the finale, and also getting the ever so-crucial points in the live MTT, but also for declaring that we’ve won before the league even started.

Honey Bijjlani, for doing more work than the captain, bhai this team would not have won without you, I openly state that you are going to be retained every year for Mumbai Anchors. Nitin Gulati for his passion for this team, getting merchandise and hoodies made for the entire team, thank you, bhai! Simran Malhotra, my fellow Pocket52 team pro, for never disappointing me, for being the number 1 woman player of the league, and for her spirit and love for the team.

Dhirendra Kumar and Avinash Tauro for being on top of things, speaking to the new boys, railing watching the stream making notes, top top performance guys. And of course the new boys Shravan and Nikaas, who I couldn’t believe, played live poker for the first time. They both killed it and got super important points for the team. Every single point contributed by each of you was crucial to this team’s success.

It was a rollercoaster of three days, with ups and downs and highs and lows; the excitement and energy were high, and it was the best three days of my life. Humne bahut chipkaaya, 3 straight days chipkaaya, but you gotta spike to ship, and there was no way Mumbai was not winning this season. Also, a big shoutout to my first mentor and dear friend Sahil Mahboobani for top-notch performance and taking down the Player of the Series, so happy for you, bro!

Lifting that trophy was a great feeling and something that’ll stay with me for life, I hope to recreate many more memories with PSL and Mumbai Anchors!

GG everyone, until next time!

Aaamchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Mumbaiiiiiiii

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Jackpot

Astaga! Jika Anda seorang pecandu Jackpot seperti saya, maka saya yakinkan Anda bahwa Dafabet adalah tempat untuk Anda! Dafabet menawarkan tidak kurang dari USD 65.000.000 di live jackpot (pada saat ulasan ini ditulis) dengan puluhan permainan slot dan permainan meja. Ini adalah kumpulan game progresif terbesar dari kasino mana pun yang pernah saya ulas. Saya ingin tahu apakah itu karena tidak ada yang pernah menang jackpot ini, tetapi jujur, Anda bodoh jika tidak menyempatkan untuk memainkan beberapa permainan.

Cara menyampaikan informasi jackpot adalah apa yang sangat saya sukai tentang permainan yang ada di Dafabet. Ambil satu pertandingan sebagai contoh. Mesin slot mereka, Jackpot Giant, memiliki progresif saat ini hampir 7,5 juta dolar. Jika Anda mengklik permainan di tab Jackpot di halaman depan, jendela pop-up dengan grafik yang menunjukkan total jackpot bergulir masuk ke layar Anda. Di sana, Anda dapat melihat apakah ada kemenangan baru-baru ini, dan seberapa cepat game ini dikucurkan dalam beberapa hari terakhir. Informasi ini sangat penting bagi para pemain yang mencoba untuk menandai potensi terjadinya jackpot. Saya mendorong Anda semua untuk terjun dalam permainan ini secara khusus. Saya rasa tidak akan sampai ke angka 8 juta sebelum membayar seorang pemenang!

Aplikasi Seluler Tersedia

Sepertinya semakin hari kita tidak lagi tergantung pada laptop. Ini tidak mengherankan; perangkat seluler kita memiliki kekuatan komputasi yang hampir sama, dan dengan penyimpanan awan (cloud storage) sekarang telah menjadi hal biasa, menjinjing laptop seberat kurang lebih 4 kg menjadi hal yang tidak masuk akal untuk jaman sekarang.

Para penjudi online juga suka membuat taruhan melalui telepon mereka, tetapi bahkan halaman web yang dioptimalkan terbaik untuk ponsel bisa tampil dengan lambat, dan dapat mematikan para petaruh olahraga yang mencari keuntungan. Dafabet adalah yang terdepan dalam teknologi game seluler dengan menawarkan aplikasi untuk situs mereka, yang dapat diunduh untuk perangkat Android dan iOS. Aplikasi mereka memungkinkan Anda memainkan semua permainan mereka termasuk kasino dan poker, dengan tampilan dan nuansa layar sangat baik.

Ingatlah bahwa sementara kami selalu bersikap progresif di ruang judi online, operator seluler telah meluangkan waktu untuk menyaingi apa yang kami tawarkan. Untuk alasan hukum, banyak negara yang dibatasi untuk mengunduh aplikasi seluler Dafabet. Bagi Anda yang mengalami hal seperti itu, Anda masih dapat memiliki pengalaman luar biasa melalui halaman browser seluler mereka. Jika Anda memiliki kesempatan, Anda tidak akan kecewa dengan mengunduh aplikasi Dafabet.

Kekurangan Dafabet

Jumlah bonus tidak terdaftar dalam berbagai mata uang

Saya tahu, ini mungkin tampak seperti hal sepele untuk dipersoalkan, tetapi jika Dafabet memang mencoba untuk menarik lebih banyak penonton global, maka mereka harus memperbaiki bagian dari promosi mereka. Semua promosi tercantum dalam Ringgit Malaysia (setidaknya mereka untuk saya ketika saya membuka situs dari Kanada). Padahal, faktanya saya membaca seluruh situs dalam bahasa Inggris. Untuk seseorang yang mungkin baru dalam soal promosi di kasino online, ini bisa sangat membingungkan. Saya harus mencari secara online untuk mengetahui tingkat konversi (saat ini 0,23 USD untuk 1 RM) dan itu berarti menambah proses. Saya tidak terkesan bahwa konversi ini belum ditampilkan ke dalam teks setiap promosi.

Bonus Selamat Datang yang Tidak Menarik

Orang-orang di Dafabet tampaknya mencari para pemain yangserius, yang tidak hanya menyalahgunakan mereka untuk bonus deposit pertama dankemudian pergi. Akibatnya, Bonus Selamat Datang tidak terlalu menarik; sepertitercermin dalam bonus pertandingan hingga USD 150 (jumlah perkiraan berdasarkannilai tukar). Ada batasan tentang bagaimana Anda bisa mendapatkan bonustergantung pada apakah Anda bermain olahraga atau di kasino, tetapi Dafabetmenghabiskan lebih banyak waktu dan usaha pemasaran mereka untuk jackpot danpromosi yang sedang berlangsung.

Sportsbook Dafabet

Dafabet adalah situs taruhan olahraga pertama dan terkemuka. Ini terlihat segera setelah Anda sampai ke beranda situs mereka, sebagaimana logo dan informasi olahraga ditempatkan di lokasi utama. Sportsbook Dafabet menjalankan platform iCore dari Comtrade Gaming. Platform ini performanya sangat kuat dan dapat mendukung berbagai macam opsi taruhan dan olahraga yang signifikan. Saya sangat senang dengan kecepatan platform ini ketika mencari taruhan yang berbeda-beda.

Jenis Olahraga yang Tersedia

Anda tidak akan pernah merasa kekurangan pilihan olahraga yang dapat Anda pertaruhkan di Dafabet. Bahkan, liga dan permainan yang tersedia pada waktu tertentu bisa jadi sangat banyak. Saya menganggap diri saya seorang penjudi olahraga yang cukup berpengetahuan, namun saya tetap terkagum-kagum pada liga yang ada dalam daftar lines dan taruhan di Dafabet.

Ini hanya sedikit contoh dari apa yang dapat Anda pertaruhkan di Dafabet Sportsbook:

•     Liga Champions UEFA

•     Liga Utama Inggris

•     Bundesliga Jerman

•     La Liga Spanyol

•     Serie A Italia

•     Ligue 1 Prancis

•     Eredivisie Belanda

•     Liga Pro Jupiler Belgia

•     Liga Premier Skotlandia

•     Primeira Liga Portugal

Taruhan Live-Streaming dan In-Game

Bagi Anda yang menginginkan lebih banyak aksi daripada hanya bertaruh pada hasil pertandingan sebelum dimulai, Dafabet membuat Anda terpikat! Mereka menawarkan live streaming dari bermacam pertandingan olahraga besar (dan kecil), bersama dengan sesuatu yang mereka sebut SpeedBets. Pada dasarnya ini adalah taruhan in-game yang mengijinkan Anda untuk memasang taruhan untuk permainan berikutnya, pencetak gol berikutnya, dll. Apa yang menyenangkan tentang ini (dan bikin kecanduan) adalah Anda dapat membuat taruhan in-match tentang poin tenis individual (omong-omong, saya suka tenis). Pikirkan tentang berapa banyak poin yang dimainkan dalam pertandingan di Prancis Terbuka! Begitu. Banyak. Taruhan. Saat ini, bagi saya ini merupakan cara terbaik untuk lebih interaktif dalam permainan dengan serangkaian taruhan berjumlah kecil, dan saya berharap hal ini akan menjadi lebih populer di sportsbook Amerika Utara di tahun-tahun mendatang.

ESports dan Permainan Angka

Belum pernah merasa puas dalam berjudi pun setelah menjelajahi semua opsi di dunia olahraga yang sebenarnya? Jangan khawatir, Dafabet juga bersiap untuk kebutuhan bertaruh virtual Anda! Situs ini menawarkan platform taruhan eSports yang komprehensif, dan dengan feed Twitch yang dibangun tepat di halaman taruhan mereka, Anda dapat melompat terjun langsung ke dunia taruhan dan bertaruh untuk orang-orang yang bermain video game! Dunia eSPorts (dan taruhannya) sangat besar di Asia saat ini, jadi tidak mengherankan untuk melihat selusin live feed atau lebih dengan puluhan ribu pemirsa.

Nah, jika Anda seorang pecandu taruhan yang sesungguhnya, maka Game Angka atau Numbers Game Dafabet adalah untuk Anda. Jika Anda tidak akrab dengan Numbers Games, sebenarnya itu adalah permainan yang sangat mirip dengan Bingo karena ada 75 angka, tetapi bayangkan jika Anda dapat bertaruh pada angka tersebut seperti yang Anda lakukan di rolet? Pola taruhan antara Bingo dan Numbers Game sangat mirip, dan terdapat odds pada angka individual, kombinasi angka atau angka tinggi/rendah. Tidak hanya itu, ada ratusan game yang berlangsung bersamaan, jadi jika Anda mencari pola atau nomor favorit yang belum pernah keluar, Anda dapat melakukan semua riset yang Anda inginkan. Numbers Game sangat populer di pasar taruhan Asia, dan Dafabet memiliki sajian yang sempurna baik untuk para petaruh veteran maupun petaruh pemula.

Promosi

Dafabet telah mengatur promosi mereka agar terlihat unik untuk setiap permainan yang Anda mainkan. Masuk akal karena mengingat betapa berbedanya persyaratan bertaruh untuk setiap jenis permainan. Untuk sportsbook, Dafabet menawarkan beberapa opsi untuk bonus dan cashback, lebih jauh mencengkeram masuk ke dalam olahraga individu dalam upaya untuk mendorong bisnis dari seluruh penjuru dunia. Mari kita lihat beberapa promosi mereka saat ini:

Rabat Mix Parlay

Ini adalah promosi cashback untuk orang yang membuat taruhan parlay di berbagai olahraga yang berbeda. Dafabet mengandalkan petaruh yang tidak tahu banyak tentang satu olahraga dibanding yang lain, dan itulah mengapa promosi ini didasarkan pada taruhan multi-olahraga. Berikut detail dari situs web:

Rabat tanpa batas untuk semua taruhan Mix Parlay Anda, menang atau kalah! Semakin banyak Mix Parlay yang Anda pasang, semakin tinggi bonus rabat yang akan Anda terima.

Bagaimana Agar Memenuhi Kualifikasi?

Bertaruh setidaknya RM 10 pada Mix Parlay dengan odds minimal 1,2 untuk memenuhi syarat mendapatkan Rabat Parlay Tanpa Batas. Paling sedikit harus ada 2 pilihan pada taruhan mixed parlay untuk memenuhi syarat.

Pemain yang memenuhi syarat akan mendapatkan rabat 2,5% dari taruhan Mix Parlay mereka.

Bonus untuk pemain yang memenuhi syarat akan dikreditkan ke akun mereka dalam waktu 24 jam setelah taruhan mereka diselesaikan.

Tentu saja, ada beberapa kondisi untuk memenuhi syarat mendapatkan bonus ini, tetapi setidaknya mereka menjelaskan di depan tentang syarat-syarat ini dan memposting aturan tepat di halaman promosi.

Bonus Frekuensi

Ini adalah bonus dalam jumlah kecil namun terasa menyenangkan bagi pemain yang ingin membuat taruhan konsisten sepanjang bulan. Sebenarnya ini adalah bonus kesetiaan atau loyalty bonus, dan beginilah cara kerja Bonus Frekuensi:

Target bulanan: RM 550 dalam Deposit, dengan omset sebesar RM 1000.

Hadiah dinaikkan apabila target terpenuhi selama beberapa bulan secara berturut-turut. Bonus Frekuensi ini merupakan cara promosi sederhana yang sangat baik untuk menghargai pemain yang sering berkunjung ke situs Dafabet.

Program VIP

Dafabet memiliki Program VIP untuk petaruh olahraga yang disebut Dafabet FC. Persyaratan program ini cukup mudah: begitu Anda mendaftar untuk program (ya, Anda perlu mendaftar untuk turut serta), Anda akan menerima cashback otomatis setiap minggu, dan juga bonus ulang tahun khusus, bonus hari jadi, serta bonus isi ulang mingguan. Baca juga: Ulasan Sbobet

Casino Dafabet

Meskipun Dafabet sebenarnya sangat terfokus pada olahraga,itu tidak berarti mereka tidak menghabiskan waktu dan upaya untuk memberikanyang terbaik dalam penawaran casino online. Dafabet telah memilih pelaku industriraksasa Playtech sebagai penyedia platform casino mereka, dan ini berarti hanyagame terbaik yang mereka sediakan. Setiap kali saya melihat kasino beroperasidi platform Playtech, saya tahu bahwa mereka dapat dipercaya karena orang-orangdi Playtech tidak menerima siapa pun yang belum lulus uji kemampuan secara tuntas.Selain itu, game ini harganya tidak murah, jadi setiap operator harus memiliki modalyang banyak hanya untuk mendapatkan lisensi Playtech. Playtech memiliki daftarjudul yang luas termasuk konten luar biasa yang pasti akan menyenangkan parapembaca kami. Mari kita lihat apa saja yang ditawarkan oleh kasino.

Slot

Kami telah membahas fakta bahwa Dafabet menawarkan game slot progresif terbesar dalam industri casino online saat ini, dengan jutaan uang bonus tersedia untuk dimenangkan. Daftar slot selengkapnya dari Playtech sangat mengesankan.

Poker Video

Dafabet adalah tempat yang bagus untuk menemukan permainan video poker. Meskipun mereka tidak memiliki semua varian yang tersedia, tersedia 8 permainan poker video yang siap untuk memainkan semua fitur opsi multi-hands  yang memperluas kualitas dan kuantitas hands yang dapat dipertaruhkan pemain.

Permainan Meja dan Permainan Khusus

Dafabet menawarkan para pemainnya berbagai Permainan Meja (Table Games) dan Permainan Khusus. Seperti yang biasanya bisa diharapkan dari perangkat lunak Playtech, masing-masing permainan ini memang tangguh dan mengedepankan grafis dan gameplay yang sangat baik.

Promosi

Casino Dafabet memiliki seperangkat promosi sendiri yang dirancang untuk mengarahkan pemain ke permainan meja dan slot mereka. Meskipun saat ini tidak terlalu banyak promosi yang sedang berlangsung, satu pembeda yang bagus untuk casino Dafabet adalah bonus selamat datang bagi para pemain, di mana mereka menawarkan cashback 100% hingga RM 1500 untuk pemain slot ataupun pemain permainan meja. Persyaratan promosi tidaklah yang paling jelas dibandingkan promosi serupa di tempat lain, seperti tercantum di bawah ini langsung disalin dari situs web Dafabet:

•     Semua pemain baru akan bergabung dengan Cash Back Club secara otomatis. Ini berarti, semua pemain bisa mendapatkan manfaat Cash Back Club.

•     Jika pemain ingin mendapatkan Bonus Deposit Pertama 100% Cash Back Club hingga RM 688, pemain harus memilih RM sebagai mata uang pilihan dan harus menaruh deposit pertama kali minimal RM 50.

•     Jika pemain ingin mendapatkan 100% Bonus Slots Club First Deposit hingga RM1,500, pemain harus menghubungi Representatif Pelanggan Casino Dafabet sebelum menyetor deposit pertama atau sebelum memainkan game pertama.

•     Untuk memenuhi syarat mendapatkan bonus ini, pemain harus menyetor deposit pertama minimal RM 40.

Program VIP

Program VIP Casino Dafabet lebih detail dari versi Sportsbook mereka. Platform ini dibagi menjadi dua kategori, Cashback Club dan Slots Club. Setiap klub memiliki level yang berbeda dan setiap kali pemain melintasi setiap level akan meningkatkan settingan reward mereka. Terutama, insentif di setiap level dibangun berdasarkan tingkat konversi poin ke mata uang dan jumlah cashback yang diberikan kembali kepada pemain.

Apa yang saya suka tentang program ini selain tidak rumit adalah bahwa program ini jelas terbagi untuk mereka yang suka bermain permainan meja dan untuk penggemar slot. Sering kali keduanya dicampur dan itu dapat mempermudah Program VIP, tetapi Dafabet jelas menyadari hal ini ketika mereka menghadirkan program rewards mereka.

Poker Dafabet

Dafabet juga menghadirkan penawaran poker yang tangguh untuk para pemainnya melalui perangkat lunak Playtech iPoker. Perangkat lunak ini adalah aplikasi yang dapat diunduh yang menawarkan semua permainan uang tunai dan turnamen terbaik yang tersedia di jaringan iPoker. Menjadi bagian dari jaringan gabungan pemegang lisensi Playtech lainnya juga memungkinkan untuk penawaran hadiah yang lebih besar. Semakin banyak likuiditas yang dimiliki sebuah situs, semakin banyak yang dapat ditawarkan sebagaimana penawaran promosi juga.

Platform Poker Dafabet juga tersedia di perangkat seluler, meskipun di ponsel game ini tidak akan secepat dibandingkan unduhan aplikasi. Juga, jika Anda adalah tipe pemain yang senang bermain multi-hands saat bermain poker, Anda harus melakukannya dari PC Anda karena platform seluler saat ini tidak mendukung jenis permainan seperti itu.

Promosi

Dafabet menawarkan beberapa jenis promosi poker standar untuk pemain mereka, yang merupakan sesuatu yang ingin saya saksikan. Satu hal yang saya perhatikan adalah bahwa beberapa promosi poker mungkin terkait dengan jaringan dan tidak berbasis lokal, karena ini adalah satu-satunya penawaran yang terdaftar dalam USD di seluruh situs mereka. USD adalah mata uang standar untuk sebagian besar situs poker, jadi ketika melihat promosi mereka, penting untuk mempertimbangkan bahwa Anda mungkin menghadapi kumpulan pesaing yang lebih besar yang semuanya ingin membawa pulang hadiah! Mari kita lihat beberapa promosi yang kami sukai:

Freeroll

Semua orang suka mendapatkan sesuatu secara gratis, dan ini berlaku khususnya untuk komunitas poker. Dafabet menawarkan freeroll untuk semua jenis untuk pemain mereka, dari permainan mikro yang membayar hadiah USD 5 sampai ke freeroll deposan bulanan yang memiliki kumpulan hadiah ribuan dolar. Jenis turnamen ini adalah cara terbaik untuk membangun bankroll tanpa harus mengambil risiko apa pun, jadi Anda harus memainkan turnamen ini sebanyak mungkin yang Anda bisa saat Anda membuat akun di Dafabet.

Perbankan

Sebuah situs yang bergengsi seperti Dafabet tentunya memiliki metode pembayaran terbaik yang tersedia untuk para pemainnya. Dafabet telah berkecimpung dalam bisnis selama lebih dari satu dekade, yang berarti telah memiliki waktu untuk membangun hubungan jangka panjang dengan para pemroses pembayaran dari seluruh dunia. Karena itu, tidak akan ada masalah apa pun yang mengintai Anda sehubungan dengan setoran dan penarikan dana dari mereka.

Ada banyak opsi pembayaran yang berlaku di Asia, dan untuk daftar lengkapnya, Anda harus merujuk ke situs web Dafabet.

Pelayanan pelanggan

Dengan gembira saya menyatakan bahwa ketika saya menghubungi layanan pelanggan Dafabet, saya diberi pilihan bahasa apa yang saya inginkan untuk menerima layanan saya, dan agen tersebut sepertinya memiliki pemahaman penuh atas pertanyaan saya serta memberikan tanggapan yang sangat cepat. Di atas semua itu, hanya perlu waktu kurang dari dua menit untuk terhubung ke agen, yang sangat cepat dibandingkan dengan beberapa kasino yang telah saya ulas sebelumnya.

Dafabet juga menawarkan layanan pelanggan pemain mereka melalui email dan 24/7 telepon bebas pulsa dalam beberapa bahasa. Menurut pendapat saya, mereka disiapkan untuk memberikan Anda layanan pelanggan terbaik yang pada gilirannya akan membuat Anda menjadi setia sebagai pemain di Dafabet.

Apakah saya sebaiknya Bermain di Dafabet?

Tidak ada keraguan bahwa setelah tinjauan rinci tentang segala sesuatu yang Dafabet tawarkan kepada pelanggannya, saya akan sangat merekomendasikan bermain di kasino ini. Persembahan permainan dari Playtech adalah yang terbaik, layanan pelanggan cepat dan dapat diandalkan. Selain itu, perusahaan ini telah berkecimpung dalam bisnis selama lebih dari satu dekade dan memiliki reputasi yang sangat baik dalam hal keamanan. Meskipun saya belum tentu menyukai tim sepak bola yang telah mereka sponsori (go Tottenham!), saya akan memberi mereka apresiasi karena membelanjakan uang yang sangat banyak yang dibutuhkan untuk mencapai tingkat eksposur seperti itu.

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With baseball’s ACLS getting underway yesterday and plenty of gridiron action too, there was tons of excitement to go around on Sunday.  Yet if you’re more than just a spectator, ACR Poker was the place to be.

Read all about it in our October 15^th Sunday Recap.

$150,000 GTD Euro Special
European players and early risers didn’t waste any time yesterday.  Our $150K GTD tourney featured 764 players and a final prize pool of $152,800.  In all, 97 players got paid.  The top three:

1. rollingdrone -> $30,786
2. WherelsMyJuice -> $22,407
3. OleJohn -> $16,357

$300,000 GTD Warm Up
Our $300K Warm Up was warmer than expected with 3,061 entries.  The final prize pool in this popular $109 buy-in tournament was a fiery $306,100.  Props to the 383 players who took home cash, especially the top three:

1. chickenpastry -> $43,094
2. 1JokeSicker -> $39,544
3. PLotential -> $25,378

$200,000 GTD Sunday Special 
With 1,069 total entries, Sunday’s $200K unlimited re-entry tourney was about as special as you might expect. 136 players got paid in this $215 buy-in event, which had a final prize pool of $213,800.  The top three:

1. germanclown -> $41,501
2. cayaoAJU -> $30,233
3. Kaumzutaken77-> $22,070

$500,000 Sunday High Roller
1,009 entrants played in Sunday’s $500K GTD tourney. When it was all said and done, the final prize pool hit an impressive $605,400 in this $630 buy-in tourney, which had 123 paid places. The top three:

1. RainerTheRoh-> $117,132
2. LelijkeHond -> $85,847
3. bbernardinho-> $62,668

$200,000 GTD PKO
Our $200K progressive knockout tourney had a total of 1,085 entries playing for $217,000, including $108,500 in bounties. This $215 buy-in tournament had 136 paid places, but even more players earned cash bounties.  Your top three:

1. skioni -> $15,703 + $13,524 bounty
2. Mittri -> $15,702 + $4,181 bounty
3. Nitustery -> $11,400 + $1,182 bounty

In space, nebulae — giant clouds of gas and dust — linger in cold and monotony. Think of them as the quiet, sleepy towns of our Milky Way.

Now, imagine a newcomer, maybe a streaking comet or the shockwave from a distant supernova, racing through. Much like a revving motorcycle waking up an entire block, these disturbances trigger star formation as they stir everything up.

Within these now-active nebulae, particles collide and start to form clumps. As these clumps accumulate more material, they grow in mass. Thanks to their own gravity, they pull in even more gas and dust from the surrounding star-forming region. Over a million years (give or take), these clumps mature into dense bodies known as protostars.

With enough heat and pressure, our protostar’s heart ignites, starting nuclear fusion. Hydrogen gas atoms begin to fuse, creating helium and releasing an immense amount of energy.

At this point, however, the outward force of this fusion isn’t quite enough to counteract the inward pull of gravity. It’s like trying to start a fire with damp wood — there’s heat, but not quite the blaze we’re expecting … yet.

The Stellar Balancing Act

Over time, as the protostar draws in more material and heats up further, things reach a tipping point. When enough mass (think about 0.1 times the mass of our own sun) collapses into the protostar, it experiences a dramatic and fiery transformation.

Massive gas jets erupt, clearing away the remaining gas and dust. Eventually, the star reaches a stable state, where the energy it emits perfectly balances the gravitational pull it experiences. Congratulations, our star has now joined the ranks of main sequence stars!

With an established presence in more than 20 countries, Betsafe has finally made their sports betting experience available in Africa. The step was made through their Kenyan subsidiary; bet High Kenya LTD.

Betsafe has proven its dedication to football through its three-year-long sponsorship agreement with Kenya’s top-tier football clubs, Gor Mahia FC and AFC Leopards. This deal enabled them to touch base with Kenya’s most passionate football fans, to whom they will be able to provide their well-known range of betting experience. 

Alex Kobia, Acting Managing Director of BetHigh Ltd. puts emphasis on the fact that this launch is not only to provide the best possible sports betting experience, but to also serve as the industry standard for safe and responsible gaming.

Given that they are entering the market at such a crucial time for the Keynan Government and its new regulations for the industry, Betsafe is aware of the importance of safe betting. In light of the fresh efforts made with the help of the Betting Control and Licensing Board, Betsafe noted that they “will strictly adhere and fully support the Regulator in its objective of ensuring responsible gaming.”

A Unique Product Launch backed up by the two top-tier football clubs

Having that end goal in mind of providing the best service in the country, they have worked hard to tailor their product to the Kenyan market and their future users. Considering relatively low smartphone penetration in Kenya, most bettors still use basic phones, where SMS betting remains a popular and convenient way for placing bets. This is why Betsafe Kenya enables customers to place bets via SMS without the need for a gameID. The wager and stake can be set by simply texting #23333, and can be cancelled within a certain timeframe should the bettor change their mind. 

Fast payouts are a critical feature for both Betsafe and their customers, which is why they will do everything they can to ensure this is something that their customers can always count on.

Looking forward, in the span of a few months, they also aim to introduce and release several other new features, such as jackpots.  

In addition to providing Kenyans with the unique experience of online betting, the operator of Bet High Kenya Ltd. stated for CH that they plan to hire 150 employees during the upcoming 24-month period.

Alex Kobia’s final say on the launch was, “In essence, our ambition is to deliver a trustworthy product with safe and quick pay-outs, innovative betting services, passion, and commitment to Kenyan football, responsible gaming, and outstanding customer support.”

Are you looking to super-size the fun at outdoor gatherings, picnics, and backyard parties? Giant outdoor games will do the trick! Whether you’re hosting a family barbecue or a summer soirée with friends, these larger-than-life games add a playful twist to your outdoor festivities. In this article, we’ll explore the top 10 giant yard games that promise hours of laughter, entertainment, and friendly competition. Let’s get straight into these oversized versions of classic family games!

1. GIANT JENGA

Perhaps the most popular giant outdoor game is Giant Jenga. This is essentially just an oversized version of the classic game. The official Giant Jenga game comes in three different sizes, depending on how massive you want the tower to be. The JS7 is the largest size, around 5 feet tall; the JS6 is around 4 feet tall; and the JS4 is around 3 feet tall. Giant Jenga is a super entertaining game to play outside that is easy and accessible for everyone! Watch out! These massive wooden blocks can hurt when they fall!

HOW TO PLAY

If you’ve played the tabletop version of Jenga, you’ll be able to play Giant Jenga. Simply stack the large wooden blocks, three per row. Each row of blocks should be perpendicular to the previous row.

Once the tower is properly set up, players will start pulling blocks from the tower. You can attempt to remove any block that is below the top three rows. Once you touch a Jenga block, you must remove it and place it on top of the tower. The game continues until one player causes the tower to fall.

Check out our guide to the rules of Giant Jenga for more on this.

2. GIANT CONNECT FOUR

Another popular oversized outdoor game is Giant Connect Four. This is an enormous version of the popular tabletop family game. In this game, you aim to connect four chips vertically, horizontally, or diagonally before your opponent. If this giant game isn’t already fun enough, there are also plenty of different ways to play the game, with tons of rule variations!

HOW TO PLAY

Giant Connect Four is played between two opponents or two teams of two. Each player takes turns dropping their colored discs from the top into any open column. The goal is to be the first to connect four of your own discs horizontally, vertically, or diagonally while blocking your opponent from doing the same. Pay close attention to your opponent’s moves and plan your strategy carefully to achieve victory in this classic game of skill and strategy. 

3. MEGA-SIZED CHESS

Do you love playing chess? Why not play a larger-than-life version of the game, with giant pieces and a large outdoor board? An oversized chess set will immerse you in the game like never before since the pieces will be exponentially larger than a standard set. This is an awesome addition to any backyard, as it is a fun activity and looks great, too! Any homeowner looking to spice up their yard with something fun and interactive should consider a giant chess set!

HOW TO PLAY

The oversized version of chess is played exactly the same as the classic board game. So, if you are a seasoned player, you are good to go! Just prepare for some more exercise as you carry the chess pieces across the board. If you are new to chess and need to learn the rules, head over to our guide on how to play chess.

4. KICK DARTS

If you are a fan of darts, having a good dartboard is non-negotiable. But, if you are just looking to have fun, you should look into Kick Darts, a soccer-darts hybrid played on a huge dart board. All ages will enjoy this giant outdoor game, and it is sure to get your adrenaline pumping. The game is simple and consists of a large dart board and soccer balls covered in Velcro material. Gather your friends and family, separate everyone into teams, and get ready for a fun game of Kick Darts!

HOW TO PLAY

You’ll need a pretty large area for Kick Darts, as you’ll need space to kick the ball towards the large dartboard. Mark the starting line at a specific distance from the board. This can be anywhere from 10 to 20 feet. Then, players take turns kicking the soccer ball at the dartboard. The objective is to score as many points as possible by hitting one of the numbered sections. The player’s score is determined by the section the ball sticks to when it makes contact with the dartboard. A bullseye is worth 50 points. Play the game for a predetermined number of rounds or until a player reaches a set point total. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins.

5. OVERSIZED YARD PONG

Yard Pong is the ultimate outdoor party game that combines the classic fun of beer pong with a larger-than-life twist, designed to entertain players of all ages and skill levels. It’s not just a game; it’s an experience that brings people together for hours of laughter and enjoyment. Yard Pong takes the basics of beer pong but supersizes it. Instead of ping pong balls, you play with tennis balls, and you’ll replace the Solo cups with large buckets.

HOW TO PLAY

The rules for Yard Pong are almost the same as Beer Pong. Just replace the Beer Pong table with your lawn. The other main difference between the two games is that Yard Pong doesn’t necessarily need to be a drinking game. In fact, the game is marketed towards families as a fun giant outdoor game, so it doesn’t hold the same reputation as a frat party drinking game. For a complete breakdown of the rules, check our guide to Beer Pong.

6. GIANT CHECKERS

Checkers is a classic board game that is thought to be over 5,000 years old! So, naturally, an oversized version of checkers is a perfect giant outdoor game. Just like in normal checkers, each player attempts to move their game pieces across the 64-square gameboard, jumping over as many of their opponent’s game pieces as possible. This is the perfect game for kids because it is easy to play and simple to set up!

HOW TO PLAY

Checkers is a two-player game in which each player has 12 discs of one color (either red or black). The objective of giant checkers is to move your game pieces diagonally across the board, hopping over your opponent’s pieces. When you hop over your opponent’s piece, you remove it from the board. You can only move your piece forward until you reach the other side of the board. When you move one of your discs across the board, your game disc becomes a “king” and can move forward and backward. The game ends when only one player’s pieces remain on the board.

7. INFLATABLE BOWLING

Do you love going to the bowling alley? Then why not bring the bowling alley to your backyard? With an inflatable bowling set, you can easily set up a giant game of bowling right out your back door! Simply inflate the bowling pins and the ball and start playing. What a fun and unique way to kill time!

HOW TO PLAY

Bowling is a relatively simple game, but the scoring method is a bit complex. The fundamentals of bowling are the following.

First, set up 10 pins in a triangular formation (4,3,2,1). Then, determine a starting point 10 to 20 feet away from the pins. Finally, roll the bowl toward the pins. Each player gets 2 attempts to knock all 10 pins down.

While standard bowling has slightly more complex scoring rules, you can simply score inflatable bowling as 1 pin = 1 point. If you’d rather play with the more complex spare and strike scoring methods, check out our complete guide to bowling.

8. GIANT UNO

Uno is one of the most popular card games of all time. So, naturally, if you are looking for a fun giant outdoor game, an oversized version of Uno is always an option! Giant Uno is a larger-than-life version of the classic card game Uno, designed for outdoor and group play. The Giant Uno cards are much larger and heavier than standard Uno cards, so they are durable enough for the outdoors.

HOW TO PLAY

The objective of Giant Uno is the same as traditional Uno: be the first player to get rid of all your cards. Besides the fact that the cards are much bigger, there are no major differences in the gameplay of Giant Uno and normal Uno.

9. TWISTER ULTIMATE

Twister Ultimate takes the classic Twister game to a whole new level of fun and excitement by supersizing the traditional experience. This giant outdoor game is an absolute blast because it brings people together in a hilarious and physically challenging way. With a large, colorful mat and an oversized spinner, players find themselves contorting their bodies into all sorts of crazy positions, often resulting in laughter, falls, and epic tangles of limbs. If you are looking for an icebreaker game for your next house party, this is a great option!

HOW TO PLAY

Twister Ultimate is a large-scale version of the classic Twister game that’s all about balancing and contorting. Players stand on a colorful mat divided into circles, each representing a body part and color combination. There is also an oversized spinner that dictates which body part goes where. For example, the spinner may land on “Right Hand, Red.” 

Players take turns spinning and placing their limbs accordingly, aiming to stay balanced without falling or breaking the rules. If they stumble, touch the mat with an elbow or knee, or make a misstep, they’re out. The last player left standing wins. Twister Ultimate is a fantastic party game that’s perfect for gatherings, promoting laughter, friendly competition, and hilarious contortions. It’s a surefire way to get people moving and mingling, making it an unforgettable addition to any social event.

10. YARDZEE

Yahtzee is an iconic dice game that involves rolling 5 dice in different combinations to fill out your scorecard with categories like “three of a kind” or “full house. Take this game and supersize it, and you have Yardzee, a giant version of Yahtzee! Instead of playing at a table, you’ll roll enormous dice, typically made of wood, in a large, open backyard! 

HOW TO PLAY

The game contains five large dice, a bucket for rolling the dice, as well as one scorecard and a pen for each player. Each player takes turns rolling the dice. You can roll the dice three times per turn, attempting to score one of the following combinations. 

• Three of a kind
• Four of a kind
• Yahtzee (5 of a kind)
• Full house (3 of one number 2 of another)
• Small straight (4 numbers in order)
• Large straight (5 numbers in order)

For more info on the rules of Yardzee, check out our complete guide to Yahtzee.

NOW, GO OUTDOORS AND HAVE SOME MAJOR FUN!

As you can see, there are plenty of giant outdoor games to go around. Whether you prefer testing your strategy in Mega-Sized Chess, your precision in Kick Darts, or your agility in Twister Ultimate, there’s a giant outdoor game for everyone.

Looking for some more fun outdoor games? Check out our article on the 15 best lawn games!

I am a passionate writer who enjoys inspiring others to play games and have fun. I ran a pub crawl for 3 years, running drinking games almost daily with my guests. I also come from a huge game-loving family, so you could say games are in my nature.

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If you’ve played any kind of card game that uses a standard 52-card deck, you’re familiar with the term “face card.”

Any king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards is considered a face card. Face cards are near the top of the ladder when it comes to card rankings, coming in just behind the strongest card in the deck, the ace.

Do aces qualify as face cards? The answer is no, and let’s take a look at why:

What Are Face Cards In a Deck of Cards?

As mentioned, kings, queens, and jacks are called face cards in a standard deck of playing cards. The term is derived for that those three cards depict a face, or more specifically the face of a person.

No other cards in a standard deck of cards depict a face. A 52-card deck is divided into four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), and each of those four suits contains 13 cards.

The 13 cards in each suit start at 2 (aka the deuce) as the lowest card in the suit, and ace as the highest card. Note that the ace can act as both the high and the low card in a suit in many games.

Here’s a look at how these cards look, using spades as an example:

The two of spades is the lowest card in this suit, while the ace of spades is the highest. Note that the face cards in the suit (2 through 10 and the) simply display a number or a letter, along with a corresponding number of symbols for that suit.

The ace of spades has an “A” and one spade on it, the two of spades has a “2” and two spades on it, and so on. All non-face cards use this same system.

Note that only the jack, queen and king depart from this system. These cards don’t display a number or symbols that correlate to the numerical value of the card, instead depicting a picture of a member of the royal court. While the ace card matches the other face cards in terms of having a letter instead of a number, it doesn’t depict a person or a face.

Face cards are also called court cards, paint cards, or picture cards. All face cards count as 10 in a game of blackjack, but in most other card games the king outranks the queen, which outranks the jack.

What is the Difference Between a Broadway Card and a Face Card?

You would be forgiven for thinking that broadway cards and face cards are the same think, but they’re not.

Broadway cards consist of the ten, jack, queen, king, and ace of each suit. In blackjack, the ten, jack, queen, and king all have a numerical value of ten. The ace can count as one or as 11. A blackjack (or 21) is the best hand you possibly make, and the combination of an ace and any 10-value card counts as an automatic blackjack.

In poker, the highest straight you can possibly make is A-K-Q-J-T, called a broadway straight. The elusive royal flush is the strongest possible hand you can make in poker, and that consists of A-K-Q-J-T all of the same suit.

In blackjack, poker, and many other card, games, A-K-Q-J-T are grouped together in a lot of ways. Only the K-Q-T cards are face cards, however, while the T and the A are not.

Face Cards In Different Countries

Note that the face cards that we refer to as the jack, queen, and king in the U.S. (and many other English-speaking countries) are depicted differently in other countries.

French playing cards, for instance, call the king the “Roi” and place an “R” on that card. The card itself looks identical to what U.S. players see as the king, but the “K” is replaced with the “R”.

The queen is called the “Dame” in French playing cards (with a corresponding “D”), and jack is called the “valet” (with a corresponding “V”). Also note that in some countries, the jack is called the “knave.”

The ace in a deck of French playing cards is called the “1”, and looks just like an ace from a U.S. deck, only with “1” where the “A” would normally be.

Face cards and the ace can differ in these relatively minor ways if you’re outside the U.S. Keep in mind that the modern deck of cards was invented in Europe, and the differences you see when playing cards in the U.S. are alterations made after the deck style made its way to North American shores.

For comparison, let’s look at a couple of different versions of the queen of hearts.

The North American version of the queen of hearts looks like this:

The French version looks like this:

If you’re familiar with standard North American playing cards, you’ll recognize face cards in French, Spanish, and other European decks. The letters on the cards might be different, but the cards themselves look very much the same.

Is a Joker a Face Card?

While jokers certainly do depcit a face, they’re not considered face cards. Jokers don’t officially count as part of a 52-card deck. When you add jokers to the mix, the total number of cards in the deck goes up to 53 or 54, depending on whether one or two jokers come with the deck.’

Jokers are generally used as wild cards if they’re in use in a card game. When you play poker or blackjack in a casino, you generally won’t see jokers added to the mix.

The 52 cards that are in play in most casino games are the total cards (aka the non-face cards) and the face cards.

Final Thoughts On Face Cards

Face cards are usually some of the highest-value cards in the deck. When you’re playing blackjack or poker, having one or more face cards in your hand usually leads to good things.

Games played with the standard 52-card deck of playing cards can also include rummy, bridge, hearts, war, spades, and a host of other games. Be sure you know the rules of the game you’re playing and understand how face cards fit into your strategy.

The card probability of drawing a face card out of the deck is 12/52, as there are 12 total face cards in the 52-card deck. In a well-shuffled deck, you won’t see face cards (or aces for that matter) appear nearly as much as the other cards in the deck.

Check out this Wikipedia article for more on the history of face cards around the world.

With a groundbreaking turnout of nearly 2000 contenders, the CEP Main Event has shattered records and ignited excitement.

The conclusion of the PokerStars-sponsored Campeonato España de Poker (CEP) tour in Barcelona marked a significant milestone, with the CEP Main Event drawing an astounding crowd of nearly 2000 entries. This unprecedented turnout has set the stage for the upcoming prestigious European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona, while tax-related concerns loom and expectations of record-breaking participation abound.

The CEP Main Event, which featured a €550 buy-in, attracted a record-breaking 1960 players. This accomplishment solidified the Main Event’s position as the largest in CEP history, surpassing the previous record set four years prior with 1773 registrations. The surge in participation reflects an impressive growth of nearly 50% compared to the previous year’s event.

Held at Casino Barcelona from August 11, the 2023 CEP Barcelona stop experienced strong turnouts, despite uncertainties stemming from recent tax changes in Spain.

The trend of robust participation was evident from the outset of the CEP, with various events reporting exceptional attendance. The opening event, with a €330 entry fee, witnessed 822 entries—almost double the attendance of the previous year’s edition. Similarly, the Mini Main Event, featuring a €200 buy-in, saw 786 participants, marking a significant 30% increase compared to the previous year.

The culmination of this enthusiasm was the Main Event’s remarkable achievement, resulting in a total prize pool of €854,560 across its five Day 1s.

The CEP festival aligns with a broader global trend of increased interest in live poker events. From the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to regional events in Europe and Asia, record-breaking attendance is becoming the norm, underscoring the undeniable demand for live poker experiences.

With the CEP chapter coming to a close, attention now shifts to the highly anticipated European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona.

Commencing on August 21, the PokerStars LIVE Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) commenced, serving as an integral part of the main EPT festival.

EPT Barcelona, a cornerstone of PokerStars’ European destinations, is renowned for attracting substantial crowds. The city’s rich poker history dates back to 2004, hosting significant stops of the European Poker Tour. Last year, both the ESPT and EPT Main Events set attendance records, with the €5300 EPT Main Event becoming the largest-ever in EPT history, drawing 2294 players.

However, this year’s EPT Barcelona faces a unique challenge due to recent tax changes in Spain. These alterations impose taxes on poker players’ winnings, affecting both local and international participants, irrespective of their professional or recreational status.

While European Union players face a 19% tax rate, non-EU players contend with a higher 24% rate. This change in tax classification has raised concerns and uncertainty among players about the sustainability of EPT Barcelona’s historically impressive turnouts.

Nevertheless, the record-breaking attendance during the CEP festival provides assurance, suggesting another prosperous EPT Barcelona edition on the horizon.

Running from August 21, the EPT Barcelona series features the prestigious €5300 EPT Main Event scheduled from August 27 to September 3. Online satellites on the PokerStars platform have already begun, with buy-ins starting as low as €5.50.

If you’re looking for an unforgettable weekend getaway in San Diego, look no further than Sycuan Casino and Resort. With a range of luxurious amenities, thrilling casino games, and exciting activities, Sycuan is the perfect destination for anyone looking to escape for a few days of relaxation, indulgence, and excitement.

In this guide to planning your perfect weekend getaway to Sycuan, we’ll cover everything you need to know to make your trip a success.

Overview of Sycuan Casino and Resort

Sycuan is San Diego’s premier casino and resorts, and it’s easy to see why. With a stunning location in the heart of the Dehesa Valley, Sycuan offers world-class amenities, thrilling casino games, and exciting activities for everyone.

Available Amenities

Sycuan is packed with amenities designed to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. From the state-of-the-art casino to the luxurious spa, outdoor activities, and stunning golf course, Sycuan also offers an endless array of options for relaxation and indulgence.

The casino at Sycuan Casino and Resort offers a wide range of games to suit all types of players, from beginners to high rollers. Whether you prefer slots, table games, or poker, Sycuan has something for everyone.

When you’re not at the casino, Sycuan offers a range of outdoor activities, including swimming, hiking, and more. If you prefer to relax, check out the spa facilities available at the resort, where you can enjoy massages, facials, and other treatments.

Location and Transport

Getting to the property is easy, thanks to the resort’s convenient location. Located just 20 minutes east of downtown San Diego, Sycuan is easily accessible by car, taxi, or ride-sharing service.

Once you arrive at the resort, getting around is easy too. Sycuan also offers a shuttle service to nearby attractions, and taxis and ride-sharing services are readily available.

Planning the Getaway

When planning your perfect weekend getaway to Sycuan Casino and Resort, there are a few key things to consider.

Accommodation and Rates

Sycuan offers a range of accommodation options to suit every taste and budget. From luxurious suites to comfortable guest rooms, there’s an option for everyone.

When choosing your accommodation, be sure to consider your budget and any specific needs or preferences you may have. We also offer packages and special deals, so be sure to check our website for the latest offers.

Casino Games and Activities

One of the biggest draws of Sycuan Casino and Resort is, of course, the casino! With a range of slot machines, table games, and poker options available, Sycuan offers something for every type of gambler.

If you’re new to gambling, don’t worry – Sycuan offers beginner’s classes and free lessons to help you get started. And if you’re not interested in gambling, there are still plenty of activities to enjoy at the resort. Try your hand at golf, go for a swim, or take a hike through the surrounding countryside.

Seemingly Endless Offers For Our Players

Club Sycuan is a loyalty program offered by Sycuan Casino Resort that provides its members with a range of exclusive benefits and offers. As a member, you will have access to discounts on dining, gaming, hotel stays, and other resort amenities, as well as special promotions, events, and offers throughout the year. Top rewards include cash back, freeplay, dining offers, membership pricing at golf shop, Personalized host services and more. Joining Club Sycuan is easy, and members can earn rewards and benefits simply by playing their favorite games, dining at the resort’s restaurants, and enjoying all that Sycuan has to offer. Whether you’re a casual player or a frequent visitor, Club Sycuan is the perfect way to get more out of your time at Sycuan Casino Resort.

Dining Options

Sycuan is also known for its top-notch dining options. From fine dining to casual meals, on site we have a range of restaurants to suit every taste and budget. Whether you’re in the mood for a gourmet meal or a quick bite to eat, you’ll find plenty of options at Sycuan. What dining options does Sycuan have in store for you?

Pink Buddha – The Pink Buddha at Sycuan Casino Resort is a contemporary Asian-fusion restaurant offering a unique dining experience with a menu featuring traditional dishes with a modern twist. Menu items are inspired but cuisines from China, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Hawaii

Double Down Grill – Located near the bingo hall, Double Down Grill at Sycuan Casino Resort is a casual dining spot specializing in classic American comfort food, offering a menu of burgers, sandwiches, and other hearty fare.

Bull and Bourbon – Bull & Bourbon at Sycuan Casino Resort is multi-sensory experience and high-end steakhouse offering a menu of premium cuts of meat, as well as a selection of seafood and other dishes, in a sophisticated and upscale setting.

Corner Deli & Pizza – Corner Deli & Pizza at Sycuan Casino Resort is a casual dining option offering a menu of classic deli sandwiches, salads, pizzas, and other quick bites, perfect for a convenient and satisfying meal. You can even check out signature creations like The Strikeout curated by Padres All-Star Pitcher Joe Musgrove

Viewpoint Neighborhood Kitchen – Viewpoint Neighborhood Kitchen at Sycuan Casino Resort is a modern eatery offering a menu of elevated comfort food and signature cocktails in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere with scenic views. The restaurant provides a unique dining experience, showcasing the best of casual cuisine in a stylish and welcoming setting.

Rank & File – As a traditional American restaurant serving a menu of classic dishes, including burgers, wings, sandwiches, and other comfort foods, with tasty food in a casual and family-friendly atmosphere. With its focus on hearty, satisfying fare, Rank & File is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy a great meal with friends and family.

Entertainment and Nightlife

Sycuan has a range of entertainment options, including live music, comedy shows, and more. Check our website for the latest events and schedule your trip around a show or concert to make your getaway even more memorable.

And when the sun goes down, the fun is just getting started at Sycuan. The resort offers a range of nightlife options, including bars, lounges, and a nightclub, so you can keep the party going all night long.

Tips for Making the Most of Your Weekend Getaway

Are you in need of a weekend escape? Look no further than Sycuan Casino and Resort in San Diego! With its luxurious amenities, thrilling casino games, and exciting activities, Sycuan Casino and Resort is the perfect destination for anyone looking to indulge in some relaxation, fun, and excitement. And to help you make the most of your weekend getaway, we’ve compiled a list of tips to keep in mind during your stay. Whether you’re planning a romantic retreat, a fun-filled family trip, or a memorable getaway with friends, Sycuan Casino and Resort has everything you need to make your weekend unforgettable. So, pack your bags and get ready for an unforgettable adventure at Sycuan Casino and Resort!

Know the Rules and Regulations

Before you start your gambling adventure, make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules and regulations of the casino. This will help you avoid any unpleasant surprises and ensure a safe and enjoyable experience.

Manage Your Budget

Set a budget for your trip and stick to it. Sycuan has a range of pricing options and packages, so it’s easy to find the perfect option to fit your budget. It’s important to manage your spending to make sure you have a fun, stress-free trip.

Take Advantage of Promotions

We also often offer a variety of promotions throughout the year, including special deals on rooms, dining, and entertainment. Keep an eye on our website and social media channels for the latest offers and promotions.

Use Loyalty Programs

Don’t forget about our Club Sycuan loyalty program that provides a range of benefits, including discounts on dining and accommodations, free play at the casino, and more. Sign up for Club Sycuan to start earning rewards and making the most of your trip.

Stay Connected and Keep Informed

Stay connected with Sycuan on social media and our website to stay informed about upcoming events, promotions, and other news. This will help you plan your trip and ensure that you don’t miss out on any exciting activities or deals.

At Sycuan, we understand the importance of balancing emotion and logic to create an unforgettable experience. We want to provide our guests with an escape from our daily routine, a chance to relax and indulge in the finer things in life, while also ensuring our safety and comfort.

With our world-class amenities, stunning location, and top-notch service, Sycuan Casino and Resort is the ultimate destination for anyone looking for an unforgettable weekend getaway. Book your stay today and start planning your perfect trip!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos is a title within the long-running franchise that has recently been released. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is a remake of one of its franchise’s most beloved titles. That said, we are here to ask which game is technically superior. That is a question that we hope to provide an answer to today by examining the strengths and weaknesses of both games, comparing and contrasting the two, and providing the player with an informative result. So, with all of the technicalities out of the way. We present to you Harvest Moon: The Wind of Anthos Vs. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. 

What is Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos?

Players are able to keep a variety of animals on their farm. Some you can keep as pets, others as livestock to raise. The raising of these animals serves as the main gameplay loop for Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos. Along the way, players can meet a variety of villagers, and help them with a variety of problems. In addition, the game features a romance system in which players are able to choose from the five available bachelors and bachelorettes respectively.

In addition to these inclusions, the game also features contests and festivals for players to participate in. This really gives the game a lived-in feel and adds to the festivity of the game. There are also rare minerals and materials for players to find throughout the world of Anthos as well, rewarding patient and adamant players with fantastic resources. The game might be noticeably lighter on the social aspects than Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, but for some players, that’s just fine.

What is Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

Continuing on today, here we have Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Serving as a remake of a beloved classic such as Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, this title had a lot of potential to live up to. The land of the Forgotten Valley initially seems to open itself up to the player. The many memorable characters in the game serve to form bonds with the player as you continue on your journey, which is great. Each of the villagers in this game feels distinct. In terms of the sheer amount of bachelors and bachelorettes in the game. Tt outweighs Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos, with eight total romance options compared to the former’s five.

This might be an aspect that many players consider, making it a great point to pick one over the other. Aiding in this feeling of player choice and longevity. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life allows players to live out a full life. This inherently makes it more in-depth as a whole from that perspective. Players are able to see their character’s age, marry, have children, and more. This can really serve as a point of interest for players who enjoy that style of long-form gameplay.

There is also a wealth of new content added to the game that wasn’t present in its initial release. These inclusions cover things such as new marriage options, and animals, as well as seasonal events. As well as enhancements to the overall gameplay loop. While to some, it may be lacking the soul that the original version of the game had. For others, it serves as a great walk down memory lane for them to enjoy. All around, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life has many great aspects that it brings to the table.

Gameplay

Now comes a very important section, as it makes up the majority of the player’s time in the game. The gameplay between these two games is really quite different, despite having somewhat the same premise. It is these differences that flavor both experiences to the player’s different tastes. While each of these titles has its strengths and weaknesses, it cannot be understated how much the gameplay differences between the two can shape the player’s opinion of either title.

Where the gameplay between these two will vary the most is in how the player’s time will be spent overall. In Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos, there is quite an emphasis on farming. Whereas in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, players will be spending most of their time either getting to know the villagers in the game or tending to their animals. All in all, these are two different experiences that target different types of players with some overlap. So it is best for players to decide what type of gameplay they enjoy, and make an informed decision based on that.

Verdict

Now comes the time for our verdict regarding Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos vs. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. A lot of this boils down to what the player wishes to receive from either game. However, in terms of the quality of the games themselves. Stripping away any sense of nostalgia or legacy, it would appear that Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos pulls ahead here. And while that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy both titles. For someone new to these games, or even a returning player, the Harvest Moon title offers a better experience, without some of the problems that Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life introduces.

For these reasons, it is far and away better to recommend the prior over the latter. So to close, if you are looking to choose between these two titles, we’d bet the farm on Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos.

EVADE looks quite an interesting runner at 10/1 in the Jean-Luc Lagadere (1.15pm), the two year old colts’ race that opens up the ITV action from Paris Longchamp on Arc day. All the form leads you back to favourite Beauvatier, and a line through Ramatuelle gives us a hint as to where he stacks up with British/Irish form. That said, two year olds are progressing at variable rates at this stage, and Evade managed to run Beauvatier to length here last month despite looking a work in progress. A more strongly run race – guaranteed here – could easily help him get quite a bit closer.

OPERA SINGER could be one for Ballydoyle in the Marcel Boussac (1.50pm) at 2/1. This is quite a strong race, with Darnation and a clutch of local fillies looking really promising, but Opera Singer took her form to another level at the Curragh in August, thrashing two fillies who have shown at least useful form subsequently. What is more, she is out of a tremendous producer in Liscanna, whose two previous best offspring – Brave Anna and Hit It A Bomb – both really came to the fore in the autumn of their two year old careers.

ACE IMPACT can justify long time favouritism at 5/2 in the Arc (3.05pm). On the evidence of his form so far – even though he is by mud-lover Cracksman – the drying week in Paris should help him, and will bring his rapier turn of speed much more into play. Furthermore, this isn’t a race with tons of obvious pace, so those with a finishing kick could easily be at an advantage. When the surface is in the realms of conventional – and the race isn’t a complete war – my instinct is always to side with a talented three year old, and this horse’s preparation looks well thought out and ideal.

STAY ALERT might spring a bit of a surprise at 20/1 in the Prix de l’Opera (3.50pm). This is quite a tightly matched group, but she’s unlucky not to be a Group One winner already after her run in the Irish Pretty Polly this year, and her run of foot might be seen to quite good effect at this track. She looks to have her ideal conditions.